A Matter of Time
I.
i have the strength of time within me
i have mountains, quiet valleys
within me
the way we are made of matter
we are made of time
II.
time: relative
mathematicians theorize
maybe a dozen dimensions
how limited our perspectives
how are limits
in linearity?
i wouldn't speak in certainty
III.
wildflowers
grains of sand
all the future happened
already exists
all that existed
exists
IV.
i cannot see my eye
cannot see the self
cannot see itself
V.
branching, quaking,
squirming, shaking,
becoming
what is the all?
the piece of totality asks itself
the lady of permutations
changing textures
as food becomes the body
becomes conscious,
what are the boundaries of change?
what is change
in directionless time?
VI.
time passes
bodies pass
relative to other bodies
all the same thing
zoom out
timelapse
same thing
VII.
mountains crumbling, rising sea,
silt layering, eroding
churning matter through
you have mountains in you
Citations for Allusions
- The image of hills in someone comes from Jesse Stuart in his sonnet "47": "The solidness of hills is in my mother" (26).
- The phrase "Lady of Permutations" is from The Inferno (Dante 74).
- The connected images of wildflowers and grains of sand come from William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence" (n. pag).
Note: This poem was first published on nonsensicalifornia here.